I'm a carpenter or was. I've been in lots of attics. Old farm houses typically are well vented and have wasp nests galore in the attic. When our govt went crazy and fought a war against asian beatles I started finding attics full of dead wasp nests. I was concerned. We moved to the city by chance and grew flowers but no bees. I got very concerned. I got honeybees again after a long break. It took years but now our flowers have bees. Oh boy we have bees of all sizes. Bought a camera and started taking pictures. I got bumblebees, carpenter bees, all sorts of wasps. There are bees that guard the flowers and chase off others but don't sting. I started challenging myself to photograph smaller and smaller bees. Point: its unbelievable the amount of diversity of bees and wasps in my garden. I keep finding even smaller bees. It's surreal. I am so happy to see that a little tiny yard on the edge of the city can have such a positive impact. The right flowers attract bees and birds too. It's my happy place in a pandemic. Thank God for my honeybees.
This is my first time watching your channel and are really informational. I'm glad that you get right to the point of things. My husband was beekeeping several years ago until the colony collapsed. He stopped after that. Since I've been building our garden over the past few years, I noticed a difference when I didn't see many bees... not even bumblebees. So late last year (pre-pandemic) I convinced him sign up with me to take the NC beekeepers classes. We purchased a package of Italian bees (very mild..thank God!) in April and I'm now Madame Beekeeper in charge. So I'm educating myself and am truly excited about expanding our hive to several and raising Queens. We are on 3 acres in NC. Looking forward to continued learning and growing.
I used to work with bees in Europe, and I have my bees here, Richmond, VA. I have never seen queens like that. I'm glad that they do so well. Hopefully offspring will be good too.
Nice video. 👍. I’ve been trying to graft. Not much luck but I’ll keep at it. I did get one cell out of five to take. Gave it to my dad, he needed a Queen. Now we are waiting to see her hatch, breed, and hopefully come back and start laying.
Very nice looking mating nucs! 👍 I pull out frames with queen cells and use them to make another nuc. I feel the same way about mowing right now. I wait and mow during the Winter on our place, less heat, bugs, and dust plus less chance of running over a fawn. I was wondering if you were going to sit in that bucket of patty mix! LOL! 😁
Kamon, I didn’t see SHB until about 3 weeks ago. Started treating for them as soon as I started seeing them. Today I removed swifter sheets that had been in hives for 8 days and some of the sheets had at least 50 beetles on them. The mites, the SHB and the covid 19 needs to go back where they came from!
Treat under your hives with permethrin. Gordon's has a farm product that's cheap. Look at Farm stores. Mix up two gallons per colony and drench the dirt at night. It works for me. Hives can handle a few beatles until they start making more under the hives.
Mike Ries I’m finding permethrin at Tractor Supply’s website and there’s one close to me. They have a 10% and a 13.3%, which should I use? Are you saying spray about 2 gallons under the hive on the ground to soak into the ground?
I've been really lucky with my new hives and new queens making it back home. Going to look for 2 more today. Seen a hive beatle bottem of your frame 10.51
Kamon, I had success with my queen castles but I move them out faster but I don’t have a business like you do and I am retired now. Suggestion for videos: Combining hives would be good especially before winter. I imagine sometimes you may need to remove the weak queen and use newspaper between the supers to do so or another method you have. Winterizing in general. I am in NJ. Sometimes the winters are mild and sometimes cold and deep snow. Winterizing Nucs. Thanks, Mike
Thanks Kamon, I haven't started my hobby beekeeping yet (still working on building my retirement home), but I've been using this time to learn from a few commercial keepers like you, Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog, etc, and a few hobbyist like Frederick Dunn, Vino Farm, etc, and lately I learned the term "Wash Boarding" and I'm pretty sure that's what I was observing at the beginning of this video when you were describing the entrances. Just guessing though. Stay cool and here's to the tractor braking down for a few months!! 😉😁🤦♂️
I laughed so hard when you almost squatted in that open bucket. Would've made the blooper reel for sure. Are you going to have a live chat again soon. I have questions for winter prep.
Oh please dude do one more round of queens!! I’ve got one that’s just lame and I don’t want to combine. I need a good solid southern queen!! I’m trying to keep 10 overwintered for a spring split of 20!!
Kamon Out here in Northern California we’ve got FIRES 🔥 BAD SMOKE. Do y’all think this is going to screw up my mating of queens? Bit worried about pheromones and drone congregation areas
I have tried and failed with the 2 frame. I thought I had a worker queen in one of them. The hive was robbed of honey , but not pollen. I went today to put my 3 nucs together and found a supersedure cell in there. Can or will this be a viable queen? Could this be due to the Dearth? I have given pollen patties and 1:1.
I live in East Tennessee and am curious about the fall flow. I saw almost no honey production until late June and it lasted through middle of July. I didn’t harvest any honey as it seems like they made just enough for winter. When do you normally see the fall flow? Is the fall flow usually as much as the one we just came out of? Thank you for all the great videos. They are so helpful.
Hi. I'm way north in central illinois. For me to know when to super for fall is hard to say or even if I should. It's unpredictable. About half the time our fall flow is insignificant as far as honey goes. Some years we get a small crop. Other years fall honey is the crop. How I know when: my nose gets a whiff of that goldenrod dirty gym socks smell then I put supers on and pray. Right now I'm stripping hives of supers so I can OAV for 25 days I hope...
That's called reflectix. It's like shiny bubble wrap. Order it from Home Depot or whichever big box lumberyard is in your area. It's meant for insulating ductwork so look in the heating and cooling dept.
Talk about bushhogging. ...just about time the goldenrod, Joe pye and other stuff is blooming, my neighbor decides to mow off all his pastures...so along with the iron weeds he's trying to eliminate...so goes the fall flow weeds. No, he's not on my free honey list!
Maybe time to get him on that list, even offer your help with weeding! Take the initiative and give him a jar of honey, tchichat with him that'll raise his awareness towards bees. For you! You see food source for your bees and other living things as well, for him it is just some annoying stubborn weed that need mowing!
I haven't and I have robust colonies that could rob pretty effectively. First i try not to get it started but most importantly and secondly, these colonies have always been kept strong and the entrances are small
I totally understand keeping pasture and what not cut periodically. But it can be done more timely and if it not being used as pasture why cut it so often? Something should be able to enjoy it!
Hii kamon i live in kashmir, india. I have some hives we r currently having no pollen and no nectar coming up.... I am regularly feeding sugar water. Till now they r doing fine but i wanted to know what i can do to keep them going..... P. S we dont have these pollen patties here.
Hello Adv. Bhat Tariq. There are a few other options. Though they may not be cheap or easily accessible over there. I am going to give you link to a very good website. On the homepage if you hit bee nutrition there is an abundance of information on bee supplemental feeding. scattered around there is some homemade sub recipes. Hope it helps. scientificbeekeeping.com/pollen-supplement-formula/
I'm a carpenter or was. I've been in lots of attics. Old farm houses typically are well vented and have wasp nests galore in the attic. When our govt went crazy and fought a war against asian beatles I started finding attics full of dead wasp nests. I was concerned. We moved to the city by chance and grew flowers but no bees. I got very concerned.
I got honeybees again after a long break. It took years but now our flowers have bees. Oh boy we have bees of all sizes. Bought a camera and started taking pictures. I got bumblebees, carpenter bees, all sorts of wasps. There are bees that guard the flowers and chase off others but don't sting. I started challenging myself to photograph smaller and smaller bees.
Point: its unbelievable the amount of diversity of bees and wasps in my garden. I keep finding even smaller bees. It's surreal. I am so happy to see that a little tiny yard on the edge of the city can have such a positive impact. The right flowers attract bees and birds too. It's my happy place in a pandemic. Thank God for my honeybees.
This is my first time watching your channel and are really informational. I'm glad that you get right to the point of things. My husband was beekeeping several years ago until the colony collapsed. He stopped after that. Since I've been building our garden over the past few years, I noticed a difference when I didn't see many bees... not even bumblebees. So late last year (pre-pandemic) I convinced him sign up with me to take the NC beekeepers classes. We purchased a package of Italian bees (very mild..thank God!) in April and I'm now Madame Beekeeper in charge. So I'm educating myself and am truly excited about expanding our hive to several and raising Queens. We are on 3 acres in NC. Looking forward to continued learning and growing.
I learn so much from your videos!! My bees love your pollen pattie recipe!! God bless
That giggle. Adorable. 😀
I totally agree with you, people are way too mow happy.
I used to work with bees in Europe, and I have my bees here, Richmond, VA. I have never seen queens like that. I'm glad that they do so well. Hopefully offspring will be good too.
Nice video. 👍. I’ve been trying to graft. Not much luck but I’ll keep at it. I did get one cell out of five to take. Gave it to my dad, he needed a Queen. Now we are waiting to see her hatch, breed, and hopefully come back and start laying.
Thanks !!
I agree on the mowing. Wait till early spring.
Very nice looking mating nucs! 👍 I pull out frames with queen cells and use them to make another nuc. I feel the same way about mowing right now. I wait and mow during the Winter on our place, less heat, bugs, and dust plus less chance of running over a fawn. I was wondering if you were going to sit in that bucket of patty mix! LOL! 😁
Kamon, I didn’t see SHB until about 3 weeks ago. Started treating for them as soon as I started seeing them. Today I removed swifter sheets that had been in hives for 8 days and some of the sheets had at least 50 beetles on them. The mites, the SHB and the covid 19 needs to go back where they came from!
Treat under your hives with permethrin. Gordon's has a farm product that's cheap. Look at Farm stores. Mix up two gallons per colony and drench the dirt at night. It works for me. Hives can handle a few beatles until they start making more under the hives.
Mike Ries I’m finding permethrin at Tractor Supply’s website and there’s one close to me. They have a 10% and a 13.3%, which should I use? Are you saying spray about 2 gallons under the hive on the ground to soak into the ground?
Hey, did you notice the healthy bees sent Ian a case of seaweed patties! He was hilarious saying he was giving the bees pickles!!
It does smell odd but not like pickles to me
I've been really lucky with my new hives and new queens making it back home. Going to look for 2 more today. Seen a hive beatle bottem of your frame 10.51
Kamon, I had success with my queen castles but I move them out faster but I don’t have a business like you do and I am retired now.
Suggestion for videos: Combining hives would be good especially before winter. I imagine sometimes you may need to remove the weak queen and use newspaper between the supers to do so or another method you have.
Winterizing in general. I am in NJ. Sometimes the winters are mild and sometimes cold and deep snow.
Winterizing Nucs.
Thanks, Mike
Thanks Kamon, I haven't started my hobby beekeeping yet (still working on building my retirement home), but I've been using this time to learn from a few commercial keepers like you, Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog, etc, and a few hobbyist like Frederick Dunn, Vino Farm, etc, and lately I learned the term "Wash Boarding" and I'm pretty sure that's what I was observing at the beginning of this video when you were describing the entrances. Just guessing though. Stay cool and here's to the tractor braking down for a few months!! 😉😁🤦♂️
Mike the bush hog broke down 15 minutes after we stopped the video LOL I hate it for the guy but my bees are going to like it
I laughed so hard when you almost squatted in that open bucket. Would've made the blooper reel for sure. Are you going to have a live chat again soon. I have questions for winter prep.
I will try to do one this Saturday evening.
@@kamonreynolds Cool Beans!
Lol! Don't worry about embaresing Kathleen! Pops are supposed to do that!
When she's grown shell remember and laugh!
Oh please dude do one more round of queens!! I’ve got one that’s just lame and I don’t want to combine. I need a good solid southern queen!! I’m trying to keep 10 overwintered for a spring split of 20!!
A Kamon Reynolds 🐝 video and ☕️ !
What is the material you use as the inner cover and where can I get it? Love your videos.
Thanks. It is called reflectix and it can be purchased from lowes, home depot, places like that.
What was the video where you showed your veil and how to tie it with a hook you put on the back
Here you go Gary. th-cam.com/video/t-ghxfKa0F0/w-d-xo.html
What is the silver paper you use between the boxes
Kamon Out here in Northern California we’ve got FIRES 🔥 BAD SMOKE. Do y’all think this is going to screw up my mating of queens? Bit worried about pheromones and drone congregation areas
It may interfere but it may not at all. I really don't know but I hope it works out well for you.
Is there a reason you're using reflectix on the hive? Love your videos and they have helped this new beekeeper out a lot.
Helps keep the compartments sealed and separate.
@@kamonreynolds thank you
WITH A LITTLE TIME YOU COULD MAKE THAT BOX BEE AND USER FRENDLY
Kamon is that box a homemade one?
I have tried and failed with the 2 frame. I thought I had a worker queen in one of them. The hive was robbed of honey , but not pollen. I went today to put my 3 nucs together and found a supersedure cell in there. Can or will this be a viable queen? Could this be due to the Dearth? I have given pollen patties and 1:1.
For frame feeders on a double brood box hive, do you place the feeder in the top or bottom box?
Top in my opinion.
I live in East Tennessee and am curious about the fall flow. I saw almost no honey production until late June and it lasted through middle of July. I didn’t harvest any honey as it seems like they made just enough for winter. When do you normally see the fall flow? Is the fall flow usually as much as the one we just came out of? Thank you for all the great videos. They are so helpful.
how many hives do you actually have?
300
What’s the average date that you super for Fall flow in your area?
Hi. I'm way north in central illinois. For me to know when to super for fall is hard to say or even if I should. It's unpredictable. About half the time our fall flow is insignificant as far as honey goes. Some years we get a small crop. Other years fall honey is the crop.
How I know when: my nose gets a whiff of that goldenrod dirty gym socks smell then I put supers on and pray.
Right now I'm stripping hives of supers so I can OAV for 25 days I hope...
If we supered it would likely be the last week of August. I don't attempt to make fall honey here but if I did that is when I would do it.
Thanks!
Where did you get your silver inner covering? Thanks!
That's called reflectix. It's like shiny bubble wrap.
Order it from Home Depot or whichever big box lumberyard is in your area. It's meant for insulating ductwork so look in the heating and cooling dept.
what is your pattie recipe?
Talk about bushhogging. ...just about time the goldenrod,
Joe pye and other stuff is blooming, my neighbor decides to mow off all his pastures...so along with the iron weeds he's trying to eliminate...so goes the fall flow weeds. No, he's not on my free honey list!
Maybe time to get him on that list, even offer your help with weeding!
Take the initiative and give him a jar of honey, tchichat with him that'll raise his awareness towards bees. For you! You see food source for your bees and other living things as well, for him it is just some annoying stubborn weed that need mowing!
Have you experienced any issues with robbing of your queen castles?
I haven't and I have robust colonies that could rob pretty effectively. First i try not to get it started but most importantly and secondly, these colonies have always been kept strong and the entrances are small
It is really sad when neighbors destroy habitat that is beneficial to nature!
I totally understand keeping pasture and what not cut periodically. But it can be done more timely and if it not being used as pasture why cut it so often? Something should be able to enjoy it!
@@kamonreynolds at least they didn't spray with weed killer
🇹🇷🇹🇷👌👍
Hii kamon i live in kashmir, india. I have some hives we r currently having no pollen and no nectar coming up.... I am regularly feeding sugar water. Till now they r doing fine but i wanted to know what i can do to keep them going..... P. S we dont have these pollen patties here.
Hello Adv. Bhat Tariq. There are a few other options. Though they may not be cheap or easily accessible over there. I am going to give you link to a very good website. On the homepage if you hit bee nutrition there is an abundance of information on bee supplemental feeding. scattered around there is some homemade sub recipes. Hope it helps. scientificbeekeeping.com/pollen-supplement-formula/
Thanks for your help......will surely check it👍👍
What are your thoughts between Carnie and Italian queens? Have a Russian hive that is becoming aggressive and I am going to requeen it.
I like Both but am preferring carnies more and more due to their conservative nature in regards to food consumption
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Confusing. Maybe start by explains what you are doing and what mating nuc is.
He does in past videos. He can't keep going over stuff like that in each video.